Customising reports

[Earle McKinney]

Hi Maf

Thanks for that.

Point well taken, the extra detail does make sense.  I had initially
discounted the transaction report because I was including more accounts
than I needed to and was getting buried in information.

With better tweaking and account selection it is working better.

Using both the transaction report and the P & L report looks like it will
provide the information and cross checking that I need to be doing.

I will do a few test runs to make sure that I am getting the results I
should be and go from there.

Thanks again

Earle  

On 16/07/12 8:22 PM, "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

>On Sun 15 July 12 18:35:22 Earle McKinney wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have been using GnuCash for a few months and generally it works well.
>> 
>> I have been trying to resolve an issue that I have for some time now but
>> without success.
>> 
>> In NZ we have GST (Goods and Services Tax) similar to UK VAT.
>> 
>> What I need (would like to be able to achieve) is to generate an account
>> summary for specific time periods, in my case for two monthly GST
>>returns
>> for the Government.
>> 
>> I note that for some of the reports I am able to select start and end
>>dates,
>> just not in the reports that would give me a summary of the information
>>for
>> the period I want.
>> 
>> I may need to start learning the two programming languages to create a
>>new
>> report.
>> 
>> Thanks for your help
>> Earle
>> 
>
>Hi Earle,
>
>I use the transaction report for my quarterly VAT returns here in the UK.
> 
>Granted, it isn't a summary, but I don't mind the extra detail, it often
>helps 
>when something doesn't quite add up right!
>
>Have you looked at the profit & Loss report?  (under Reports -> Income &
>expenses) it might do what you want?
>
>HTH,
>Maf.
>